CVE-2011-10015
critical · 9.3Cytel Studio version 9.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow triggered by parsing a malformed .CY3 file. The vulnerability occurs when the application copies user-controlled strings into a fixed-size stack buffer (256 bytes) without proper bounds checking. Exploitation allows arbitrary code execution when the crafted file is opened.
9.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
37th
EPSS percentile
2025-08-13
Published
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-121
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/cytel_1-adv.txt
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/cytel_studio_cy3.rb
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110301000000*/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspx
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215826/http://www.cytel.com/Software/LogXact.aspx
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215830/http://www.cytel.com/Software/StatXact.aspx
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17930
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18027
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cytel-studio-cy3-file-stack-buffer-overflow
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/cytel_studio_cy3.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18027
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2011-10015